Abstract

The spatial structure, fluctuations as well as all state probabilities of self-organized (steady) states of cellular automata can be found (almost) exactly and explicitly from their Markovian dynamics. The method is shown on an example of a natural sand pile model with a gradient threshold.

PACS numbers: 05.40.+j, 03.20.+i, 46.10.+z

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